Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 11 June 2008.
David Anderson
PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
11:30,
11 June 2008
I thank the Minister for that response. Is he aware that last year his Department withdrew funding from support for trade union development in Iraq because of the
"sectarian violence engulfing the country at the moment"?
Clearly, the security situation is better now. Will he agree to meet trade unions from Iraq and Britain to try to move the issue forward again?
A group of workers who have united to promote their common interests.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
